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Problems Filtering Wax

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minz:
I boil my wax with water in a Wok. Pour it through a nylon. As Bush points out the scum that remains goes to the bottom so the thinner container you loose less wax.
If you have a lot of debris or bees in it (if you let the bees clean it up) use a window screen. the trick to this is to pour boiling water through the screen before the wax so it is hot. 
If you just add water to your capping wax (just a cup or so) rather than letting the bees have it first, the water on the bottom of the wax is thick and the bees will suck up just like honey. You still give them back the honey and you do not have to sort out 2 pounds of dead bees.

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